Summer Highlights: MPPGA Co-op Program

The Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs Co-operative Education Program is facilitated by the UBC Arts Co-op Program. The Co-op Program allows our MPPGA students to gain practical, paid work experience specific to policy-related professions as a compliment to their classroom learning during the summer between the first and second years of the program.

MPPGA Co-op student Ali Bajwa is working as an Economic Research Intern with the National Immigration Centre at the Conference Board of Canada this summer. In one of the projects he’s addressing, he is analyzing the impact of automation on the Canadian labour market and how it ties into Canadian immigration policy.

14 MPPGA students from our 2017 cohort have secured various UBC Arts Co-op positions this summer. Their employers range from Global Affairs Canada and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to CanCham Hong Kong and CowaterSogema. Their current placements include:

Aaron Nelson, Junior Project Officer, CowaterSogema

Adam Cassady, Research Assistant, The Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI)

Adedoyin Luwaji, Research Assistant, Performance Audit, Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia

Alex Ash, Intern, Foundation for Innovation at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)